The Thermometer and Its Inventor Fahrenheit
A brief history of measuring heat credits Gabriel Fahrenheit, a poor merchant turned instrument maker, with developing the mercury thermometer in Amsterdam around 1720. It notes Celsius and Fahrenheit scales, 32 freezing and 212 boiling, and mentions Beaumur’s proposal and later usage.
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Marienheit
Isaac Newton
Halley
Gabriel Daniel Fahrenheit
Dantzig
Fahrenbelt
Amsterdam
Celsius
Stockholm
Beaumur
Faurenuelt
Los Angeles Times
Sun Power and the Quest to Store Solar Energy
The sun delivers about two horsepower per square yard over time. If this energy could be transformed and stored, it could power the world without cost. The article notes energy storage as the key challenge for the next half century, with chemical or other solutions likely, as discussed by H. S. Ditchett in Atlantic.
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Ditchett
Atlantic
Victoria and Lady Millais
Queen Victoria sent Princess Louise to console Sir John Millais on his deathbed. He asked that the queen see his wife, and despite her general rule, she granted a compassionate interview to the distressed Mrs Millais, per St James Gazette.
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Victoria
Lady Millais
John Millais
Louise
John
St. James
Toiler in City Sees Savings for Farm Move
A Philadelphia Ledger excerpt follows a city worker who received in advance pay and plans to save to buy a farm. An agriculturist, paid for a season's wheat, imagines another good crop could allow relocation to the city.
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Philadelphia Ledger
Light Work and a Short Exchange in Dialect
An excerpt shows a brief dialogue about employment with dialect spellings and a note on grieving over lost opportunity. The piece attributes whimsical lines to Lippincott's and a reflective misquote from Hauer American, framing a mood of irony and regret.
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Hauer American
Reindeer clothing urged for arctic auto voyage
Samuel D Williams of Portland argues for Arctic suited gear for a New York to Paris overland automobile race. He cites reindeer skins as light warm fabric, describes Eskimo dress, warns on frostbite risks and praises native hospitality and aid for travelers in extreme conditions.
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Samuel D. Williams
New York
Paris
New York Times
Arctic
Portland
Ore
Valdororia
Alaska
Siberia
Williams
Movement to have Texas buy La Bahia Mission for preservation
A Texas movement urges state purchase of La Bahia Mission near Goliad to preserve the historic site. The plan proposes care by the Daughters of the Texas Republic, noting the mission’s remote location and a site fee charged by a Mexican custodian. The article recalls the 1836 Fannin massacre and the mission’s bloodstained walls.
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Texas
la Bahia
Goliad
Mex
Kangee
Suir
Fannin
Alexicana
Santa Anna
Mexico
Sam Houston
la Bahia Mission
Catalpa Forest Grows Rapidly at Pond Creek
J W Bird of Pond Creek Oklahoma reports a catalpa forest project flourishing after one year. He bought land east of Pond Creek, planted about two thousand trees, and now has eighty to one hundred thousand healthy saplings averaging three feet tall. Next spring he plans transplanting to reach eighty acres of trees if water conditions allow. A nearby tree grown by W H Farmer and a two year old seefiling cut back last April shows ten feet six inches of new growth.
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Pkiahoman
J. W. Bird
Pond Creek
Okia
The
New York Herald
Bird
W. H. Farmer
Catalpa
Palmer
Policewomen In Norway Start In Christiania
A female police corps will be started in Christiania Norway. Its main task will be to protect children and young persons. After America Christiania will be the next place to have female police. The Norwegian Women's Association suggested the plan and authorities and population are in favor.
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Norway
al Christiania
London Telegraph
America
Christiania
Norwegian Women's Association
Peking Regulates Student Marriages
The Shanghai Mercury reports that the Peking government will limit marriages for students and graduates of middle schools. Only those aged twenty or older will be permitted to marry, tightening marriage eligibility rules.
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Peking
Shanghai Mercury
Before Christmas Mary Had A Little Hint
A garbled verse fragment mentions Mary with a hint about baking and a schoolyard rhyme tone. The text wanders through misread lines implying Mary’s baking and a hint, with a New York reference.
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Mary
New York
Women Health and Promises of Dr. Pierce’s Prescription
An advertisement extols Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription and Golden Medical Discovery as aids for women’s health during marriage and motherhood. It cites benefits for nervous, pelvic, and hormonal issues, notes no alcohol in ingredients, and claims professional endorsements. Also promotes Pleasant Pellets and offers free medical adviser and consultations from Dr. Pierce.
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Dro Prorte
Mvng
Materia Medica
Dr. Pierce
Golden Medical
Sf Sanced
Pierce
R. ¥. Pierce
Invalids’ Hotel and Surgical Institute
Buffalo
N. Y
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